Chris Hardie wrote: > And I presume because when the left attribute is assigned a negative > value, the calculation of the canvas's width is not increased, so scroll > bars are not added? >> Though it is taken out of the normal flow, it is still painted on the >> "canvas" (CSS 2.1: 2.3.1: "the space where the formatting structure is >> rendered"). >> >> CSS 2.1: 9.1.1: "When the viewport is smaller than the area of the >> canvas on which the document is rendered, the user agent should offer >> a scrolling mechanism."
If not, then no hidden off-screen placement for the various replacement techniques would be possible without adding scrollbars. But that is not an answer to your question, which I pass to someone else. Ingo -- http://www.satzansatz.de/css.html http://www.dolphinsback.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
